Example of Problems Caused by Eating Disorders
Example of Problems Caused by Eating Disorders
Lara, who is 16 years old, lives with her parents and her little brother in Nashville. She is a very beautiful young woman and very popular at high school. She has taken part at Beauty competitions since she was little and she is Beauty pageant winner. Lara is together with the most gorgeous and popular at school.
Prom is getting nearer and Lara tries to get even more prefect to become homecoming queen. Lara has a good heart not as her friends who are mean to people who are not as perfect as them. They tease fat girls and make fun of them. There is one girl at school, Patty , who is a bit corpulent . Lara feels sorry for her but she doesn’t know how to help her because she is afraid that its bad for her image when she helps a “fat” girl.
Then prom night comes and it can not be better. Everyone looks at her because she and her boyfriend are just a perfect couple. And the best thing of this night is that she gets homecoming queen .Her parents are also there and they are so proud of their daughter, they are always supporting her in what she does.
Nothing can be better now for Lara, but after two weeks something strange happens. Her mother realizes that she has put on weight, but Lara says that this can not be true because she didn’t eat more as usual and she did her workout everyday. But when she stands on the scale she cant believe her eyes, she has put on more than 10 pounds within 2 weeks. Her mom doesn’t believe her, she thinks that her daughter is stressed and that’s why she ate too much.